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Dale F. Morrison, chief executive and president of the Campbell Soup Company, who had been in the job less than three years and was unable to expand the canned soup business, stepped down yesterday. The move raised speculation that the iconic...

Only nine months after he announced a reorganization of the Campbell Soup Company, and two weeks before the expiration of his contract after seven years on the job, David W. Johnson announced his retirement as the company's chief executive yesterday....

Shares of the Campbell Soup Company shot to a record high yesterday after management announced a $160 million restructuring plan, the $210 million purchase of a German soup business, a $2.5 billion stock repurchase plan and a large increase in its...

After a year without a chief financial officer, the Campbell Soup Company is reaching out to the investor community, and raising the possibility of significant change ahead. Today it will name Basil L. Anderson chief financial officer and vice...

March 5, 1996, Tuesday

The Campbell Soup Company, which has positioned itself as one of the few American corporations to embrace shareholder activism, announced a new executive pay plan yesterday that ties executive compensation to the company's performance and requires...

In an unusually frank announcement, the Campbell Soup Company said yesterday that its chief financial officer had resigned because he had not been named chief executive. Edwin L. Harper, 49 years old, executive vice president and chief financial...

May 2, 1990, Wednesday

LEAD: In an energetic first day in office, David W. Johnson, the Campbell Soup Company's new president and chief executive, outlined his plans to revitalize the big food company, pledging to maintain its independence and to increase profits by...

January 16, 1990, Tuesday

LEAD: David W. Johnson, who led a sharp two-year turnaround at the Gerber Products Company, was named yesterday to become president, chief executive and a director of the Campbell Soup Company, one of the world's largest but most troubled food...